Ann Sothern

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1909-01-22 (92 years old)

Deathday

2001-03-15

Place of Birth

Valley City, North Dakota, USA

Ann Sothern

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ann Sothern (born Harriette Arlene Lake; January 22, 1909 – March 15, 2001) was an American actress who worked on stage, radio, film, and television, in a career that spanned nearly six decades. Sothern began her career in the late 1920s in bit parts in films. In 1930, she made her Broadway stage debut and soon worked her way up to starring roles. In 1939, MGM cast her as Maisie Ravier, a brash yet lovable Brooklyn showgirl. The character, based on the Maisie short stories by Nell Martin, proved to be popular and spawned a successful film series (Congo Maisie, Gold Rush Maisie, Up Goes Maisie, etc.) and ...

Acting

1953

The Blue Gardenia

as Crystal Carpenter

1950

Shadow on the Wall

as Dell Faring

1940

Brother Orchid

as Florence 'Flo' Addams

1978

The Manitou

as Mrs. Karmann

1964

1964

The Best Man

as Sue Ellen Gamadge

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Ann Sothern

1941

Lady Be Good

as Dixie Donegan Crane

1949

1974

The Killing Kind

as Thelma Lambert

1987

The Whales of August

as Tisha Doughty

1939

Maisie

as Maisie Ravier / Mary Anastasia O'Connor

1940

Congo Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1935

Grand Exit

as Adrienne Martin / Adeline Maxwell

1943

1943

Swing Shift Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1965

Sylvia

as Mrs. Argona / Grace Argona

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

as Maisie Ravier

1975

Crazy Mama

as Sheba

1942

Panama Hattie

as Hattie Maloney

1972

Fol-de-Rol

as Queen Gertrude

1940

Gold Rush Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1941

Maisie Was a Lady

as Maisie Ravier

1941

Ringside Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1930

The March of Time

as Chorus Girl (uncredited)

1950

Nancy Goes to Rio

as Frances Elliott

1937

Danger – Love at Work

as Antoinette "Toni" Pemberton

1948

April Showers

as June Tyme

1940

Dulcy

as Dulcy Ward

1937

Super-Sleuth

as Mary Strand

1939

Fast and Furious

as Garda Sloane

1935

The Girl Friend

as Linda Henry

1936

You May Be Next!

as Fay Stevens

1938

Trade Winds

as Jean Livingstone

1936

My American Wife

as Mary Cantillon

1935

1937

She's Got Everything

as Carol Rogers

1939

Hotel for Women

as Ellen Connelly

1947

Undercover Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1944

Maisie Goes to Reno

as Maisie Ravier

1946

Up Goes Maisie

as Maisie Ravier

1943

You, John Jones!

as Mary Jones

1971

1936

Smartest Girl in Town

as Frances Cooke

1972

The Weekend Nun

as Mother Bonaventure

1980

1937

There Goes the Groom

as Bettina Louise "Betty" Russell

1968

Chubasco

as Angela

1930

Song of the West

as Bit Part

1934

The Hell Cat

as Geraldine Sloane

1934

Blind Date

as Kitty Taylor

1937

There Goes My Girl

as Connie Taylor

1936

Walking on Air

as Kit Bennett

1934

Kid Millions

as Joan Larrabee

1943

Three Hearts for Julia

as Julia Seabrook

1948

Words and Music

as Joyce Harmon

1930

Good News

as Student

1935

Hooray for Love

as Patricia Thatcher

1937

1935

Eight Bells

as Marge Walker

1985

1930

Whoopee!

as Goldwyn Girl (uncredited)

1967

The Outsider

as Mrs. Kozzek

1929

The Show of Shows

as Performer in 'Meet My Sister' & 'Bicycle Built for Two' Numbers (as Harriet Lake)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1936

1930

Madam Satan

as Zeppelin Reveler (uncredited)

1927

Broadway Nights

as Showgirl (uncredited)

1934

Melody in Spring

as Jane Blodgett

1954

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1934

The Party's Over

as Ruth Walker

1937

Fifty Roads to Town

as Millicent Kendall

1971

A Death of Innocence

as Annie La Cossit

1936

Hell-Ship Morgan

as Mary Taylor

1972

The Great Man's Whiskers

as Aunt Margaret Bancroft

1969

1937

1974

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